Industry Targeting/Industry Clusters Workshop
Draft Extension Papers and Slide Shows
Orlando, FL, December 2-3, 2004.
The workshop was sponsored by the Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development, Penn State University, in collaboration with Regional Project NE-1011 and the Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI)
  Introduction
  Industry Clusters and Industry Targeting, Martin Shields, David Barkley and Mary Emery [paper]
   
I How do you use this information in decision-making
1.1 Blueprints for Your Community's Future: Creating a Strategic Plan for Local Economic Development, Mike D. Woods, V. Jack Frye, and Stanley R. Ralstin [paper]
1.2 Blueprints for Your Community's Future: A Targeted Economic Development Approach, Gerald Doeksen, Jack Frye, LaDee Homm, Stanley Ralstin, and Mike Woods [paper]
1.3 Using Targeted Industry Analysis in a "Comprehensive" Economic Development Extension Program, James R. Nelson, Mike D. Woods, and Gerald A. Doeksen [paper] [slide show]
II Methods
2.1 Bubble Chart Analysis of Industry Clusters, Stephan J. Goetz and Martin Shields [paper]
2.2 The Economic Opportunity Approach, Thomas G. Johnson [paper]
2.3 The Structure of St. Croix County Economy: A Study for Economic Opportunity,
Steven Deller and Jim Janke [paper]
2.4 Targeting Industry Clusters for Regional Economic Development,
David L. Barkley and Mark S. Henry [paper]
   
III Collection of Case Studies
3.1 Targeting Growth Opportunities for Lancaster County, South Carolina, 2002,
David L. Barkley and Mark S. Henry [paper] [slide show]
3.2 Targeted Economic Development Case Study: Enid, Oklahoma,
Suzette Barta and Mike Woods [paper]
3.3 Economic Opportunity Analyses: A Case Study, Thomas G. Johnson [paper] [slide show]
   
IV Economic Development Strategies
   
V Appendix:
   
   
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